Directed by Michael Mann
5 Episodes
Whether they’re neonoir thrillers or gripping historical dramas, the films of Michael Mann pulsate with visual adrenaline. Through a propulsive fusion of image, sound, and movement, he creates worlds that feel both heightened and intimately real, with light- and color-saturated frames, unforgettably atmospheric soundtracks, and action sequences that play out as masterclasses in perfectly choreographed chaos. Caught between duty, desire, and fate, his characters move through these meticulously constructed spaces with a restless yearning, making his cinema as morally profound as it is visually dazzling.
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The Keep
Episode 1
Directed by Michael Mann • 1983 • United Kingdom
Starring Scott Glenn, Alberta Watson, Jürgen ProchnowMichael Mann’s infamous film maudit—met with incomprehension on its release but now an object of growing critical and cult reputation—unfolds in 1943 in German-occupied Romania, where Nazi in...
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2:37:48Episode 2
The Insider
Episode 2
Directed by Michael Mann • 1999 • United States
Starring Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher PlummerBased on a true story, Michael Mann’s coolly riveting exposé of corporate corruption recounts the chain of events that pitted an ordinary man against the tobacco industry and dragged two people...
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1:54:37Episode 3
The Last of the Mohicans
Episode 3
Directed by Michael Mann • 1992 • United States
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Jodhi MayMichael Mann brings his shimmering, high-octane style to this visually dazzling adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper’s classic adventure novel, in which a Mohican-raised Englishman (Daniel Day-Le...
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Thief
Episode 4
Directed by Michael Mann • 1981 • United States
Starring James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Robert ProskyThe contemporary American auteur Michael Mann’s bold artistic sensibility was already fully formed when he burst out of the gate with THIEF, his debut feature. James Caan stars, in one of his most ri...
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Manhunter
Episode 5
Directed by Michael Mann • 1986 • United States
Starring William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan AllenMichael Mann’s hypnotic, hyperstylized adaptation of Thomas Harris’s novel “Red Dragon” was the first film to introduce audiences to the infamous Hannibal Lecter. Will Graham (William Petersen) is a...